Dogs make us more human!

I think maybe once before I went nuts for a book in the first few pages. Well, I’m at page 8 (the end of Chapter 1) of “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein, and I feel terrible for anyone who doesn’t get the chance to read this book! In fact, it is so good, I want to read it out loud so anyone in my immediate vicinity gets to share in this golden cache of insights into being human as seen through the eyes of Enzo, the main protagonist, a far from perfect but loveable character.

Garth Stein’s book is so clever … based on a sublimely complex yet falsely simple premise “… when a dog is finished living his lifetimes as a dog, his next incarnation will be as a man.” Enzo is more than ready to become a man but wants to take all his memories, all his experiences with him … to imprint them in someway onto his soul “… a thing that has no surface, no sides, no pages, no form of any kind.”

My husband looked at me like I’d lost it when I told him I wanted to read this book to him … so I’m envious that whether the delivery was all wrong or all right, at least he let you read to him! ENJOY the book. Did you read my pal’s review (Mary McIntyre)?

I can understand why your wife raved about this book! My husband lives in ‘numbers’ (accountant type). I tried, but he hasn’t volunteered to be my audience so I can read it out loud. “Before I go” is on my ‘bookshelf’ wish list! Thanks for the recommendation. Any book that makes a guy ‘tear up’ MUST be read! Cheryl

My wife read the book and she raved about it. May I recommend one? “Before I Go” by Riley Weston. She was my Junior Prom date in 1982. I read quite a bit and I have to say it’s the only book I ever read that made me tear up…… almost like how a movie can bring out your emotional side. It was a strange feeling that I never got from a book before, and I’m not just saying that because I know the author.